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Claremont High School’s Keoni Duke, left, and Quincy Hailes, right, celebrate with a tired-looking Trung Tran-

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Is organic pesticide-free?Dear Editor:

Nancy Minitie’s excellent article aboutpossible pesticide exposure on organicproduce is an eye-opener.

As consumers, we rely on the conven-

tional meaning of words that describefood. We also like to believe that the pur-pose of government agencies is to protectthe consumer, when actually those agen-cies have to balance the interests of manyincluding consumers, farmers, agribusi-ness and even the government itself.

No one will care more about yourhealth than you do. We each get to makechoices about the vegetables we eat. Low-cost convenient choices can be found insupermarkets everywhere, but those veg-etables may come with pesticides thatmay lead to health problems. Organicvegetables are increasingly available but,as her article shows, consumers relyingon that term may not be purchasing the

safe vegetables they think they are.I have eaten many pounds of vegeta-bles from Uncommon Good. They arefabulous. Astonishingly fresh and burst-ing with flavor. You have to wind throughthe campus of United Methodist onFoothill to find the beautiful super adobebuilding where Uncommon Good oper-ates, but it is well worth the journey. Thisis a wonderful opportunity for Claremontshoppers. Do not deny yourself the de-light of excellent vegetables. Make goodchoices. You deserve the best.

Nora QuinnClaremont

The benefits of greater equalityDear Editor:

When I recently saw a comparison be-tween the income of hedge fund opera-tors and kindergarten teachers, I wasreminded of the upcoming second forumon economic inequality to be held atRose Hills Theatre on the Pomona Col-lege campus at 7 p.m. next Tuesday,March 31.

In 2013, the four highest paid hedgefund operators on Wall Street earned acombined $10.4 billion, while theroughly 158 thousand kindergartenteachers in the United States earned acombined $8.3 billion. But then, of course, we tax teachers at a higher ratesince what they earn is classified assalary; it doesn’t qualify as capitol gains.

Some people think there is a zeitgeistdeveloping that will put us back on theroad to greater fairness, believing asRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickettdemonstrate convincingly in their excel-lent book, The Spirit Level, that“greater equality makes societiesstronger.”

I worry that not enough people haveread the book or looked at relevant data,but I also know people can make greatchanges with persistent effort. After all,it only took about 70 years to convinceAmerican men that women deserved theright to vote. Sally Seven

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, March 27, 2015CITY NEWS

Phone scammers hit three more

Claremont businessesThree more businesses notified police

they were contacted by phone scammersposing as Southern California Edison em-ployees. Residents and business ownersshould be suspicious of anyone callingand asking for payment over the tele-phone or by prepaid cards. Call theprovider to verify the validity of the re-quest before making any payments andimmediately notify the Claremont PoliceDepartment at (909) 399-5411.

On Monday, March 16, unknownscammers called a law firm on the 600block of South Indian Hill around 2 p.m.,identified themselves as Edison employ-ees and said a $998.12 electrical bill waspast due. They requested immediate pay-ment using Reloadit prepaid cards or the

power would be shut off. The victim com-plied.On Tuesday, March 17, ZPizza re-

ceived the same call around 11:30 a.m.The voice on the phone stated that a$998.12 electrical bill was past due andrequested immediate payment. The busi-ness purchased $998.12 in Reloadit pre-paid cards and paid the amount requestedto the thieves.

On Thursday, March 19, Espiau’s re-ceived a similar call. According torestaurant employee, the owner went toStater Bros to purchase a Reloadit cardbut the store was fresh out of stock.When the owner called back the allegedSCE employee to notify them that thestore didn’t have any more cards, the im-poster replied, “Yes they do, it’s on aisle8.” The jig was up at that point and

Claremont police were called.Wednesday, March 18

Two vehicles collided in north Clare-mont but, surprisingly, nobody was in-

jured. According to Lieutenant MikeCiszek, officers responded to Mt. BaldyRoad and Padua after a Scion and Lexuscollided at the intersection around 10:15a.m. The driver of the Scion was travel-ing eastbound on Mt. Baldy Road ap-proaching Padua when her vehiclecrashed into the Lexus traveling south-bound on Padua Avenue approaching Mt.Baldy. The Scion rolled onto its side,coming to a stop at the southeast sectionof the intersection. Los Angeles CountyFire Department arrived and assisted the37-year-old driver out of the vehicle. Shewas not injured during the collision. TheLexus came to a stop at the middle of theintersection. The driver, a 61-year-old

Claremont resident, was not injured. Bothvehicles were deemed totaled at the scene.

****It’s a case of Phantom of the Pavilion

as a thief made off with valuable equip-ment used by our local dinner theater. Thesuspects entered the Candlelight Pavilionat 455 W. Foothill Blvd. by unknownmeans and took $13,000 in theater andstage equipment, including laptops andmicrophones. Anyone with informationshould contact the Claremont Police De-partment at (909) 399-5411.

Thursday, March 19A pedestrian struck by a vehicle while

crossing Indian Hill Boulevard got lucky.

According to Lt. Ciszek, the driver of aHonda CRV traveling westbound on

Foothill Boulevard failed to see a pedes-trian in the crosswalk while making aright turn to head north on Indian Hill.The 70-year-old driver struck the 24-year-old Claremont resident then drove away.The female victim suffered a one-inchabrasion to her knee and complained of

pain in her ankle and teeth. The driver toldpolice that he saw that he hit the girl,drove home to get his information andcame back to the scene. There was no vis-ible damage to the vehicle.

Friday, March 20A neighborhood north of Base Line

Road was put on alert as Claremont po-lice searched for two burglary suspects inthe area. According to Claremont Ser-geant Eric Huizar, officers responded to aresidential burglary in progress on the 500block of Bluefield Drive after receiving acall from a neighbor at around 11:50 a.m.

Two unknown thieves tried to enter theresidence by smashing a rear sliding door,

which activated the home alarm system.They then fled. A neighbor on the 500block of Sebastopol Street heard the alarmthen saw the burglars travel on foot to-ward Vail Park. They called the police.Within one minute of the call, eight Clare-mont officers arrived on scene and con-ducted a yard-to-yard search of the area.They were unable to locate the two sus-pects.

The victim arrived home during the in-vestigation, notifying officers that a darkwood jewelry box containing numerousearrings and $800 cash was taken fromthe home. It is unclear at this time what, if any, other items are missing. As officerswere concluding their on-scene investiga-

tion, a second witness told police she sawa red vehicle, perhaps a Ford Mustang,leaving eastbound on Grand Avenue at the

time of the alarm. The first suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximate5-feet, 9-inches tall, wearing a red shiand carrying a white bag, perhaps a pilowcase. The second suspect, possiblyfemale, is described as 5-feet, 9-inchetall, wearing a white shirt and a red bas

ball cap. The investigation is ongoing.

Sunday, March 22A credit card reader was found at g

pumps of a local AM/PM. An unidentfied customer notified an employee at thgas station that a credit card skimming dvice was attached to the payment machinlocated between the gas pumps. The gstation employee found a black plastic device attached to the credit card insert the machine. After placing an out-of-ordsign on the machine, the employewalked back in to call police. Upon the oficer’s arrival, the device was already rmoved. The suspect is described as male, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighin

approximately 190 pounds, wearing gray-green T-shirt, blue jeans and sandalHe was seen removing the device and lethe location in a black Montero SUwithout a license plate. Police were unable to determine how long the device habeen on the machine and so far no victimhave been located.

Monday, March 23Burglars strike again! Bandits used a

unknown object to force open the gate tenter into the backyard of a residence located on the 400 block of Warner StreeThe thieves pried open a sliding gladoor of the home and stole $1,900 worof property including $1,700 in jewelr

and a $250 humidor. —Angela [email protected]

POLICE BLOTTER

The city of Claremontwelcomed five newmembers to its law en-

forcement staff as four policeofficers and one jailer were

sworn in during a badge pin-ning ceremony at the citycouncil meeting held Tuesday.

With a full council chamber, PoliceChief Paul Cooper stood before citycouncil, residents and police families ashe introduced the Claremont Police De-partment’s five newest employees.Zachary Martin, jailer

A Rancho Cucamonga native, Mr.Martin received his associate’s degree incriminal justice from Chaffey Collegeand is currently attending CaliforniaState University San Bernardino, pursu-ing a bachelor’s degree in criminal jus-tice. He’s a former San Bernardino

County Sheriff’s Department Explorerand has worked as a public safety offi-cer for the Montclair Plaza. For the pastyear, Mr. Martin has been a police aidewith the Claremont Police Department.His mother Gayle pinned on his badge.Ben Alba, police officer

Officer Alba began his career with

Claremont police in 2005 when he washired as a police aide. In September2014, he became a reserve officer with

the Claremont Police Department.While working as a jailer, Mr. Alba at-tended the Orange County Sheriff Re-serve Academy for almost a year. He’sreceived the same training as a full-timeofficer. The program allows a person tograduate and be a reserve officer if theywant to move into a full-time position

and not have to go back to the academy.He’s completed almost half of the field-training program while working as a

jailer, and has successfully transitionedinto an officer position. Mr. Alba’s girl-friend Allison pinned on his badge.Savannah Thompson, police officer

Officer Thompson graduated fromColorado State University with a Bach-elor of Science degree in Sociologywith an emphasis in criminology. She

also recently completed 23 weeks of intensive training at the San BernardinoCounty Sheriff’s Academy. Ms.Thompson’s mother Vikki pinned onher badge.Matt Morales, police officer

Officer Morales received a bache-

lor’s degree in sociology with an em-phasis in criminology from CaliforniaState University Northridge. He com-pleted 23 weeks of intensive training athe San Bernardino County SheriffsAcademy and recently became en-gaged. Mr. Morales’ father Frankpinned on his badge.Rick Hawkins II, police officer

Officer Hawkins attended Cal StateSan Bernardino and graduated with abachelor’s degree in criminal justice.He worked as an investigator for theDepartment of Motor Vehicles for fiveyears before coming to Claremont. MrHawkins just completed 23 weeks of intensive training at the San Bernardin

County Sherriff’s Department. Hisyoung sons, Ethan and Eric, did thehonor of pinning his badge.

Following introductions, the officerand jailer took a stance before theirchief and recited their oath of office.

—Angela [email protected]

New police officers sworn in at city council meeting

Photo courtesy of the city of ClaremontClaremont Police Chief Paul Cooper swears in CPD’s newest staff members in-cluding, from left to right, Jailer Zachary Martin, and police officers RickHawkins II, Matt Morales, Ben Alba and Savannah Thompson.


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, March 27, 2015EDUCATION

Claremont teens save water, beautify campus

Claremont High Schoolis going native, thanksto a landscaping proj-

ect undertaken by students inMarizka Rivette’s AP environ-mental science class.

As part of the CHS Waterwise Proj-ect, students have put in hours tearingout the grass and grading the land sur-rounding the administration office. Theyhave watched and learned as the sprin-klers were replaced with a drip system.

On Tuesday, the air was thick withthe smell of mulch and sage as the teensput in drought-tolerant plants indige-nous to the area.

“I think it’s a great way to learn, actu-ally being out here with a hands-onproject,” senior Austin Antillon said,shovel in hand.

The project began when David

Sawhill—math, yearbook and Wolfcastteacher and the school’s Green Teamleader—pointed out to Ms. Rivette thatthe high school had a small pool of grant money available for a green enter-prise.

The pair decided to use the $400grant, which comes courtesy of Sustain-able Claremont, for the administrationredux. They are still seeking communitydonations for this and future projects.

“By having students work on a water-wise landscape, they learn how to con-serve water in a time of drought andlearn about native plants, as well as en-courage the school district to savemoney and maintain a sustainable envi-

ronment,” Mr. Sawhill said in recent ar-ticle in the Wolfpack student newspaper.Ms. Rivette and Mr. Sawhill found

guidance and willing help among sev-eral plant experts, particularly CHSalumn Andrew Bentson, who is co-founder of the BAM (Bentson And Mc-Callion) Water Wise landscapingcompany.

“It’s really to spread the message of creating sustainable landscapes as op-posed to water-wasteful ones,” Mr.Bentson said.

He took a moment to explain the me-chanics of the project while studentsplaced an array of plants native to thelocal chaparral ecosystem. These include

four kinds of sage, buckwheat, Califor-nia sagebrush, California lilac, buck-wheat, apricot mallow, monkey flower,ornamental grasses and succulents.

The piece de resistance is a Man-zanita tree that Mr. Bentson noted willgrow to be between 8 and 10 feet.

In preparation for the CHS Water-wise Project, students learned about na-tive landscapes at the Rancho Santa

Ana Botanic Garden as well as Oak-mont Elementary School. Oakmont ishome to the Biome project, another endeavor in which BAM has been heavilinvolved.

Next, Mr. Bentson held a couple of brainstorming sessions, where the stu-dents gave input into how the projectshould look. Then Mr. Bentson drew uplans, featuring a decomposed granitepath and a seating area where students

can rest on large boulders. The kidswere then put to work on marketing, iventory, design and construction.

The latter aspect included piling upthe dirt in order to create little hills anvalleys as well as a swale. This makesthe environment look more natural anhelps the soil with water capture anddrainage.

Ms. Rivette said she is excited abouthe swap-out. People used to walk bythe administration building and noteven notice the grass. Now, the area han engaging environment that shehopes will get plenty of use.

“I’m really getting the vibe,” shesaid. “The students can sit here betwe

classes and smell the sage.”Beyond the aesthetics, there is a di-

rect and calculable benefit to the dis-trict, according to Mr. Bentson: “Afterfive years, we estimate they will save$4,000 and 850,000 gallons of water.After 10 years, there will be an esti-mated savings of $9,500 and 1.8 mil-lion gallons of water.”

It is likely that some of the studentsinvolved in or inspired by the CHS Wterwise Project will take home somedrought-tolerant ideas for their ownyards. Austin, however, already has ahousehold in line with conservation.

“My garden is pretty water-wise. Mfolks are into the economic aspect of

it,” he said. —Sarah [email protected]

COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneThe AP environmental science students tore out about 1500 square feet of grass adjacent to Claremont High School’s aministration building and replaced it with native plants, mulch and rocks.

AT RIGHT: CHS senior Austin Antillonuses a pick to break up rocks as agroup of AP environmental sciencestudents convert a grassy area atClaremont High into a drought-tolerantgarden. Austin said the work was veryimportant due to the current droughtand to help reduce water use in thelong run.


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Last year, I came across an archivedarticle from a 1994 New Yorkerthat relied exclusively on the mis-

use of language to express humor. In

“How I Met My Wife,” Jack Winter clev-erly drops the negating suffixes fromcommon words to create playful affirma-tives. He begins, “I saw her standing alonein a corner. She was a descript person, awoman in a state of total array. Her hairwas kempt, her clothing shevelled, andshe moved in a gainly way.”

Although ‘array,’ ‘kempt,’ ‘shevelled’ and ‘gainly’are not common, or even grammatical, it is easy toimagine that they should be. English speakers natu-rally expect an affirmative counterpart for most wordsformed with a negating suffix. We understand that byremoving the negative prefixes from ‘unhappy,’ ‘im-proper,’ ‘dislike’ and ‘misunderstand,’ we are left

with the constructive ‘happy,’ ‘proper,’ ‘like’ and ‘un-derstand.’

There are many cases, however, where no suchpartnership exists. Consider ‘impetuous,’ ‘deject’ and‘nonchalant.’ If we take away the prefixes in thesecases, we are left with the non-existent petuous, ject and chalant . Did these words ever exist? The answeris yes. They may have existed in another languageand never been adopted into English, or perhaps they

were used in English but eventually became archaic.An example can be seen in the word ‘deject.’ This

comes from the combination of de- ‘down’ and theLatin iacere ‘to throw.’ Iacere became ject , which wasused as the base for ‘project,’ ‘abject,’ ‘conjecture’and ‘eject.’ Ject no longer exists in English, but itdoes have a close relative from the same source, ‘jet,’‘to sprout or spurt forth.’ ‘Disgruntle’ also lost its baseword gruntle, which once meant to ‘grumble.’ Todayit exists in English as ‘grunt.’

The process of eliminating affirmative counterparts

is happening even now. Consider, for example, ‘de-bunk.’ It was first used in 1923, meaning ‘take thebunk out of things.’ In the early 1900s, ‘bunk’ com-monly referred to nonsense. Although it is still recog-nizable, I would argue that ‘debunk’ enjoys muchwider usage. The same is true for words like ‘incorri-gible,’ ‘disconcerting’ and ‘unbridled.’ When was thelast time you praised your child for his corrigible be-havior? Let’s face it—‘bunk,’ ‘corrigible,’ ‘concert-ing’ and ‘bridled’ are probably on their way out.

Some base words are not immediately obviousuntil the negating suffix is stripped away. For exam-ple, ‘incessant’ comes from ‘cease,’ ‘insipid’ from‘sapient,’ ‘inept’ from ‘apt’ and ‘feckless’ from ‘ef-fect.’ There are also those with surprising roots: ‘nonchalant’ comes from Latin calere, ‘to be warm’ and i

related to ‘calorie’; impeccable is derived from Latin pecare ‘to sin,’ meaning that an impeccable person inot liable to sin; and ‘dishevel’ comes from the OldFrench chevel, ‘hair’ and originally meant ‘bare-headed.’

Sometimes people perceive a negative suffix,which doesn’t actually exist. In this case, a new wordcan emerge through backformation, which is basicalthe opposite procedure of normal word formation. Instead of adding suffixes to bases, perceived suffixesare omitted. In the case of ‘insane,’ for example, theLatin insanus, ‘mad’ was in use for centuries beforethe emergence of ‘sane.’ Speakers perceived in- to ba negative prefix (even though it wasn’t), so theydropped it to create the affirmative antonym, ‘sane.’

Most unpaired words are negative because it ismore common for the positive forms to become rare

Restoring the positive, it turns out, can be fun. Per-haps this is because the meaning of these words issomehow beknownst to us on a subconscious leveland we are mayed by the wordplay. We like thethought of creating new, yet familiar effable expres-sions. In fact, when I read the end of Winter’s tale, “have given her my love and she has requited it,” Ithought…how refreshing it is to hear of requited lovfor once!

Taking the good with the badby Mellissa Martinez

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“I do have a HEPA filter, not a home-sealed system. I also recently purchased anair quality monitor that measures theamount of particles in my house,” ex-plained Ms. Perrault when asked by coun-cil what she was doing to mitigate theproblem. “With this particular monitor, if the air quality numbers are above 1,000that’s very poor air. When the windows are

open, we are well over 1,000. When I closethe windows and run the HEPA filter, wedrop below 100.”

Expressing concern for the boy’s health,Councilman Joe Lyons asked if she sawany symptomatic relief from the situationwith this practice.

“Absolutely, he’s able to sleep throughthe night,” she responded.

Citing a written assessment by the NewYork Allergy and Science Center, MayorCorey Calaycay went on to say, “Unfortu-nately, the only two ways to really addressit is to be aware of pollen counts and stayindoors when you know pollen counts arehigh. And, of course, the other thing ismedication is a necessary treatment.”

“I think this is the problem we’re allhaving, and one that you’ve acknowledgedyourself,” Mr. Calaycay expressed, ad-dressing Ms. Perrault. “We can removethese two trees, but it may still not addressthe problem. Other trees on the block maybe contributing to the problem.”

Mayor Pro Tem Sam Pedroza disagreedwith this assessment.

“Not all of us feel that way,” Mr. Pe-droza said. “I’ve been on this councilwhere we’ve removed trees simply be-cause they were in the way of a pipe. Yes,we are the City of Trees. Yes, we value ourtrees very, very much, but this is somethingthat seems like a no-brainer. If this tree

has the particulate matter that is falling

down and being dragged into their home,I think the request here is pretty clear.”With that, Mr. Pedroza announced his

vote would be to have the tree removed.Mr. Lyons agreed.

“We have allowed removal for muchless significant issues,” Mr. Lyons said. “Iwill vote to remove what is clearly a sig-nificant contribution in the area.”

Council members Larry Schroeder andOpanyi Nasiali were of a different mindset,dividing the council right down the middle.

“I’m not unsympathetic to this and I un-derstand allergies. My granddaughter hasceliac disease,” said Mr. Schroeder. “Thistime of year, my tree drops the same type

of particles. I close my windows and have

a HEPA filter. It’s not just an emotional de-cision here. I think the tree can be causingparticles but it could be a number of things.I think we should use science. There’s nobase figures on this and it’s not clear thatthe removal of this tree will improve thesituation. Until I can get more empirical in-formation on this, I’ll vote against the re-moval.”

Mr. Nasiali agreed.“I’m sympathetic to the condition the

young man is in,” expressed Mr. Nasiali.“But I’m not convinced there is conclusiveevidence that by removing this tree theproblem will go away. Therefore, I cannotsupport the decision to remove the tree.”

The matter then came before Mayor

Calaycay for a deciding vote.“I never thought during my first meetingit would come down to this,” he said.“These aren’t small trees; it changes theface of the neighborhood. I’m not 100 per-cent convinced removing the trees is going

to solve the problem.”Mr. Pedroza then moved to remove th

two trees, a motion that was seconded bMr. Lyons, only to be withdrawn minutlater as Mr. Lyons proposed a subsequemotion: to postpone a decision on the iteuntil they could get air quality assessmenof the area around the house to see if thetrees were the cause of the condition.

The subsequent motion was secondeby Mayor Calaycay but failed when put

vote by council. Mr. Pedroza then movehis original motion, seconded again by MLyons.

“If removing those trees continues make this kid healthy and we’re going plant other trees that, in a few years, will b just as tall, then at least we tried,” Mr. Pdroza said. “That’s all I’m asking for, anI think that’s all this parent is asking frous as a city.”

Mr. Pedroza added that as city leaderthe council should make this difficult dcision that, hopefully, will improve the liof one of its young residents.

“Maybe we’ll make her son’s life a litle better. If not, then she has to exploother options. But as a city, we’re sayin

that we support her,” Mr. Pedroza said.To the delight of Ms. Perrault, her tr

removal request was approved, 3-2, wiMr. Calyacay providing the swing votMr. Schroeder and Mr. Nasiali denied threquest.

“I’m not unsympathetic to everyoneconcerns about the trees,” Ms. Perrausaid. “I love the trees, they’re beautifuThey’re one of the reasons we love Clarmont. I want to thank Mr. Lyons and MPedroza for putting up their dukes fJulius.”

Like his Claremont High School clasmates, Julius will be on spring break nemonth. Ms. Perrault will have the trees rmoved while Julius takes a vacation wi

his father. At $1,530 for removal, she wwork with the city to mitigate the cost, well as plant four trees in place of the twthat will be removed. —Angela Baile

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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffAlice Perrault moved to Claremont several years ago in part for the health of her sonJulius Steubing, who has cerebral palsy. After she bought a home on Green Street,her son’s severe allergies became markedly worse resulting in periodic hospital-ization. Ms. Perrault has requested permission to have the trees removed.

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Idon’t use a credit card a lot. I find itinhibits my ability to save money,making it so easy to buy things I

might not really need. It makes spending

so easy so I try to restrict myself and usecash or checks or debit my account.I have had my major credit card with British Air and

over the years carefully saved up my “points” or aviosas they call them. I finally amassed 75,250 avios andwas ready to book a round-trip flight to London forthis summer’s trip. With age, I have discovered thepleasure of traveling in what is called premiumclass—just a step up from good old economy butbelow business class. I have flown premium class withboth British Air and Air New Zealand and must admitI prefer Air New Zealand’s seating arrangement andservice. But since my points—or avios—were withBritish Air, I needed to change my booking strategy.

I called BA and discovered that I had plenty of avios for a round-trip flight in premium class to Lon-don. In fact, 70,000 were all that was needed. I had

been receiving notices from BA for months, encour-aging me to spend my avios with them. This was inthe beginning of March and my travel dates werefrom the 20th of May until the 7th of July, with around-trip flight in between to Stockholm, Swedenand a return to London.

With dates in hand, I called BA and was given totheir travel agent in Dehli, India. I told him my datesand he informed me that there were no seats available.Strange, I thought, so I told him to try the day beforeor two days before or a day or two after May 20. Still,no seats available in premium class on BA. “No seatsat all for anyone?” I asked. Oh yes, there were seatsavailable, just not for avios—only if you pay for

them. It had taken me six years to save up these aviosand they had begged me to book with them. Now thatI wanted to, I was denied. Only with real moneycould I get a seat. “What do you have available onthose dates?” I asked. “There is one seat available oneconomy, which you can have for fewer avios thanfor premium class and get a booking to Sweden andback to London as well.” I have to admit I did not feel

joyful at this news.I do not like to travel on a 12- to 13-hour flight

jammed in an economy seat, and I have learned tolove the semi-luxury of premium seats. Mentally I dida dance, saving money versus comfort. No comfortbut more money to spend. In the end, money won andI elected to book the flight. Then I asked what day Ibooked to come home. Apparently, he had forgottento book that part of it. I had no plans of living inHeathrow, London and I needed to get home on the7th of July. Surprise! No seats with avios available,even in economy.

Well, going is great and having a holiday is a pleas-ure, but I do love coming home. I felt my voice risingand I exploded, feeling totally exploited. “Spend yourmoney with us using our credit card, save your pointsor avios with us so you can use them for a lovely ‘free’trip! But, sorry, no seats are available for free.” As Iwas barking away, I became aware that my Indianfriend had hung up on me and I was shouting to the air.

Then it was decision time. I must admit, I opted forthe easiest and most pleasurable choice. I chose to flyround-trip to London via Air New Zealand in theirpremier class, which is miles above (fun pun) what

British Air offers and pay the rather huge cost for thecomfort offered. I immediately called my friendHelga, who is a travel agent. She found seats for mebut those sell quickly so I couldn’t have the exact dathat I wanted nor at the lowest price offered. But I diget my tickets.

I learned from a number of different agents thatworking with British Air is neither easy nor a positivexperience and they seem to care little about how thtreat their customers. That is the main aspect a cus-tomer looks for when dealing with an airline—itshonesty and how one is treated. Throughout all of thsix years, they begged me to spend my hard-earnedavios with them, but then I discover that nothing isavailable. No one really cares or is willing to dealwith things fairly. Even their charge card is not freebut, for the chance to save up my (now unusablepoints) to take a free vacation of my choice, it seemeworth it at the time to pay the yearly fee.

I will not renew my charge card, nor will I use thepoints. To say that the trip is “free” is also not totallycorrect. There are high taxes, which one must pay incash and, in the end, it would not actually be a free

trip. The other problem with BA points is that they anot usable for any other plane fare but their own. Ionce used some points I had with them for a hotel inLondon, which was one of the poorest places I havestayed in and located quite out of the way.

The point of all this is, in my experience, things anot always what they seem to be. I have learned thathave to check more carefully to find the truth in whais offered. I have met so many people who tell me ththey enjoyed a great free trip using their card points airline points. I had great hopes that I, too, wouldtravel in these “free flight paths.” Sometimes you gewhat you pay for—and Air New Zealand suits mefine.


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Marilyn BrowningHomemaker, orchid grower, active volunteer

Marilyn Ruth Browning, a residentof Claremont Manor, died on March16, 2015. She was 89.

She was born in Los Angeles on July11, 1925 to Hugo and Hannah Freed.Mr. Freed was a renowned orchid

breeder and lecturer, who helped bringthe cultivation of orchids to the UnitedStates. His brother, Arthur Freed,worked for MGM, producing films like“The Wizard of Oz.” In 1946, thebrothers joined forces, launching theArthur Freed Orchid Company in Mal-ibu.

Marilyn graduated from BurbankHigh School in 1943, where she wentto school with Robert Eugene Brown-ing. They were married on September7, 1946. The couple had two children,Beth and Robert David Browning.

Mrs. Browning worked for the Cityof Burbank for eight years. While herchildren were young, she was a home-

maker. Family shared that she was acaring mother and a good cook who

made a killer Caesar salad. She wouldprepare the dressing at the table as if she were a server in a fine restaurant,with the requisite raw egg, Worcester

sauce, cheese and anchovies all at theready in little dishes.

Mrs. Browning carried on the familytradition of orchid cultivation. Mr.Browning built raised redwood benchesin the backyard where the couple grewcymbidiums. Marilyn was constantlygiving orchids to friends and neighbors

and would sell some to a local floristwhen the blooms were especially abun-dant and high in quality.

As the children grew older, she be-came very active as a volunteer at SaintJoseph Hospital in Burbank. She wasalso a longtime member of the Em-manuel Evangelical Free Church inBurbank.

Later in life, Mr. and Mrs. Browningbecame the honorary grandparents intheir Burbank neighborhood. They alsodoted on their own grandchildren,Melissa, Greg, Adam, Emily, Kevinand Megan.

Mrs. Browning was an avid reader of mysteries and was particularly fond of

Ellery Queen books, Agatha Christie’sMiss Marple and Hercule Poirot series

and Earl Biggers’ Charlie Chan detec-tive stories. She loved to travel andwent to many exotic places likeHawaii, Australia, New Zealand, theBritish Isles and Switzerland.

Marilyn and her husband had re-

cently moved to Claremont to livecloser to family.

She is survived by her husbandRobert Eugene Browning; by herdaughter Beth Kremer; by her sonRobert David Browning and by sixgrandchildren.

A celebration of Mrs. Browning’slife will be held at noon on April 4 atCalvary Church, 1010 N. Tustin Ave. iSanta Ana. Family and friends can call(818) 903-8215 for information and/orto RSVP.

In lieu of flowers, the family requesthat donations be made to St. Jude’sChildren’s Hospital at stjude.org or toWounded Warrior Project at wounded

warriorproject.org/donate.

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Longtime COURIER reporter Patricia“Pat” Lee Yarborough died on Wednes-day, March 18, 2015 at the Pilgrim PlaceHealth Center. She was 80.

She was born on December 12, 1934 inRiverside to Clifton and Leona Mc-

Casland. Her parents had come to Cali-fornia from the dustbowl area of Arkansasand settled in the Coachella Valley, whereMr. McCasland worked as a ranch man-ager on a raisin farm and later for theCoachella Water District.

Young Pat had a reporter’s heart earlyon, serving as editor of her newspaper atCoachella Valley High School. After shegraduated in 1952, she attended UCLA.That summer, her family rented a cabin inthe Eastern Sierra at Lake George nearMammoth. Mutual friends introduced herto a UCLA graduate named GordonYarborough, whose uncle owned theTamarack Lodge at Twin Lakes.

Ms. Yarborough halted her studies

after they married in May of 1953, butwould remain an ardent Bruins boosterfor the rest of her life. Mr. Yarboroughwas on active duty in the Navy, servingon an aircraft carrier. They lived in SanFrancisco, Long Beach and Hawaii,where their daughter Janet was born in1955, before settling in Pomona. Thecouple welcomed three more children,Terry in 1954, Julie in 1958 and Dan in1963.

During the kids’ growing-up years, Mr.Yarborough worked for General Tele-phone and was in the Navy Reserve,eventually retiring as a captain. Pat was ahomemaker and an enthusiastic partici-pant in her children’s activities.

She served as editor of the PTAnewsletter at Montvue in Pomona wherethe kids attended elementary school, andwas leader of her daughter Janet’s CampFire Girls troop. She was proud of herson Terry’s efforts as a sports photogra-pher for the Pomona High School news-paper and cheered for her son Dan’sendeavors on the track teams in highschool and at Humboldt State University.

The Yarboroughs loved following theexploits of the UCLA football team andwould host game-watching parties, fan-ning the flames of rivalry by invitingfriends whose allegiance was with theUSC Trojans. Ms. Yarborough was also atrue-blue Dodger fan, who venerated

play-by-play announcer Vin Scully.The Yarboroughs continued to pay

homage to their meeting by taking theirfamily camping in Mammoth at LakeGeorge every year. They would stay acouple weeks, with Ms. Yarborough fish-ing for hours at a time, catching moretrout than anyone and frying it up forsupper.

When her youngest son Dan left forcollege, Ms. Yarborough took journalismclasses at Mt. San Antonio College andworked on the Mounty newspaper, win-ning several awards. In 1983, she washired as a reporter with the COURIERnewspaper, joining the team helmed bylate publisher Martin Weinberger. Her

duties included covering the sports andeducation beats. She also wrote obituar-

ies, viewing a well-written obit as theperfect short story.

“I challenge anybody not to find some-thing of interest in a person’s life. Some-times you have to dig for it, but it’s alwaysthere,” Ms. Yarborough said in a 2005

COURIER profile.Citrus College Trustee Sue Keith got toknow Ms. Yarborough when she wasdoing public relations at Pitzer and CGU.Ms. Keith recalls entering the COURIERoffice and encountering a bastion of old-school journalism.

“Pat’s desk would be piled high withnews releases and pagesand Marty was the sameway. You could only see thetop of his head. They usedthose ancient typewritersthat had those little coin-like letters.”

They grew to be friends,with Ms. Yarborough pro-

viding support when Ms.Keith was battling breastcancer, accompanying herseveral times to treatment.

“Pat had her feisty side,but she was an amazinglyloyal friend,” Ms. Keithsaid. “She was also ex-traordinarily dedicated toeducation. She reported the bad and thegood about the schools, but she loved toreport the positive things that were hap-pening for the kids in the community.”

COURIER editor Kathryn Dunn metPat in 1993, when she took on a part-time position with the paper selling clas-sified ads.

“Pat seemed like a very serious personbecause she was such a serious reporter,”Ms. Dunn said. “Once you spent a littletime with her, however, you realized shewas fairly playful. She had a good senseof humor and didn’t take the news too se-riously. She liked to laugh.”

When Ms. Dunn became editor of theCOURIER in 2007, Ms. Yarborough wascharacteristically good-natured. “Pat hadsuch confidence in me, more than I had inmyself. She threw me her support,” Ms.Dunn recalled. “But she also continued tocall me ‘twerp,’ which I liked.”

The job brought Ms. Yarborough anumber of memorable experiences, in-cluding traveling with fellow COURIER

writer Brenda Bolinger to Las Vegas,New Mexico, a small town 65 miles east

of Santa Fe, for an obituary conference. Itwas a chance to mingle with peers fromacross the country and beyond whoshared a quirky avocation.

“We enjoyed getting to know these in-teresting people and picking their brains

about their approach to obits. There werea number of activities built into the con-ference, and we trekked to them all,” Ms.Bolinger recalled. “We were also room-mates and we were kind of like school-girls. There were two double beds in theroom and we stayed up and talked into thenight.”

Another highlight of Ms. Yarborough’scareer took place in 2004, when she gotthe chance to interview South Africanbishop Desmond Tutu just weeks before itwas announced that he had won the NobelPeace Prize for his leadership in the anti-apartheid movement.

In 1995, Gordon died of cancer. Ms.Yarborough missed him deeply but found

comfort in friends and family and amongthe congregation of the Claremont Pres-byterian Church. Her final years were alsoenlivened by the companionship a goldenretriever named Holly, a lost dog whofound a forever home with Pat.

Ms. Yarborough continued her workfor the COURIER, winning the Clare-

mont Unified School District’s Richard S.Kirkendall Award for her consistent andaccurate coverage of schools. She traveledregularly to visit her son and grandchil-dren in Bishop, always bringing backfresh-baked bread or coffee cake fromSchat’s Bakery.

She also developed a number of inter-

ests, including a deepening fascinationwith space exploration as she covered thestory of Claremonter Leo Bister and hisassociation with the Mars Rover pro-gram. Through this shared interest, andtheir longtime association with theAmerican Red Cross, Ms. Yarboroughdeveloped a decades-long friendshipwith Leo and his wife Rosie.

“She was really a very endearing per-son who loved giving everyone a win-dow to look through,” Ms. Bister said.“She was so perfect in her way of por-traying her community.”

Another of Ms. Yarborough’s enthusi-asms was Cable Airport. She covered theannual Cable Aire Faire and the Young

Eagle Program where young people aretaken on flights to encourage an interest

in piloting. She helped coordinate the aiport’s Special Program for Special Peopday, an event giving disabled students aup-close look at aviation. Pat also becama regular at the airport restaurant ManiaMike’s.

Ms. Yarborough enjoyed spending timwith one of her best buddies, HowaBunte, a longtime El Roble IntermediaSchool teacher and pilot who shared Patlove for Cable and appreciated her inteest in transportation of every ilk. “She sait as people trying to stretch what is posible by working together,” he said. Shsoon picked up on Mr. Bunte’s enthusasm for the Cumbres & Toltec ScenRailroad, a 64-mile-long narrow gaugrailroad dating to the late 19th century anrunning between Chama, New Mexicand Antonito, Colorado.

Pat had always been a ready traveleOver the course of her son’s career in sesonal firefighting and forestry, Dan h

lived and worked in Alaska, OregoWashington, Montana, Colorado anUtah as well as California. Ms. Yarboough visited him in every location. Shalso accompanied Mr. Bunte to NeMexico three times, joining in railroapreservation efforts. She rolled up hsleeves and got dirty, helping the volu

teers with painting and scraing.

Shortly before retiring 2005, Ms. Yarborough madher status as an honoraClaremonter official, movininto a condo in the City Trees. She remained on thCOURIER staff as a reporte

at-large, filling in for a vactioning reporter and writinobituaries at the personal rquest of Claremont familie

In the months precedinher death, Ms. Yarborougwrote obituaries for friendpenned an article on a talk bnoted sportswriter B

Dwyre and provided regular updates oher pet causes like Cable events, the GoLine and Red Cross blood drives, and thpreservation and improvement of thcity’s cemetery as a longtime board member of the Friends of Oak Park CemeterUp to the end, Pat kept a reporter’s notbook by her bedside, jotting down h

thoughts, the names of visitors and rminders to notify the COURIER of evenshe considered coverage-worthy.

She is survived by her son TerYarborough and his wife Joyce; by hdaughter Janet Siedschlag; by her daugter Julie Walters and her husband Johand by her son Dan. She also leavegrandchildren Sarah, Christine, JamiGordon, Mia, Clifton and Haley.

Memorial services will be held Satuday, April 4 at 1 p.m. at the ClaremoPresbyterian Church, 1111 N. MountaAve.

In lieu of flowers, donations may bmade to the Friends of the Oak PaCemetery or to the Cable Airport Foun

dation, 1749 W. 13th St., Upland C91786.

Pat YarboroughReporter, loving mother and grandmother


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Wilbur C. Held, nationally-known or-ganist and composer, died at the Clare-mont Manor care center on March 24,2015, seven months after his 100th birth-day.

Dr. Held was born on August 20, 1914

in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. Hismother was an accomplished violinist,and there was always music in his homeand church. While earning his bachelor’sand master’s degrees from the AmericanConservatory of Music in Chicago, Mr.Held became Leo Sowerby’s assistant atSt. James Cathedral, an association thatlasted seven years. During this period, hereceived the Fellowship Certificate of theAmerican Guild of Organists.

In 1946, Dr. Held joined the faculty of Ohio State University, where he was pro-fessor of organ and church music for 30years, as well as the organist-choirmasterat the Trinity Episcopal Church of Colum-bus. During his tenure at OSU, he earned

a Doctorate of Sacred Music from the

Union Theological Seminary in NewYork. Through the years, Dr. Held studiedorgan with Frank Van Dusen, Vernon deTar, Marcel Dupre and Andre Marchal. Healso studied composition with JohnPalmer, Normand Lackwood and

Wallinford Riegger. He was long activewith the American Guild of Organists andthe Hymn Society of America, serving onthe national councils of both and appearingas a recitalist at their national conventions.

Dr. Held started composing pieces forthe organ because, according to family, hefelt there was a lack of teaching materialaimed at developing style and registration.His “Nativity Suite,” published in 1959,has sold well over 30,000 copies. Dr. Heldthen turned his attention to broadening theorgan repertoire for church use and com-posed 350 works for the organ.

He retired to Claremont in 1978, wherehe continued to be active as a clinician,recitalist and composer and served as or-

ganist in local churches.

Both the Los Angeles and Columbuchapters of the American Guild of Organists awarded Dr. Held lifetime membeships for his service to the profession asteacher, composer and performer. On thSundays before and following his 100

birthday, organists throughout the country played his compositions in his honoThe Morning Star Publishing Companpublished a commemorative centenniedition featuring Dr. Held’s life anworks.

Dr. Held is survived by his brothDavid Held; his sister and brother-in-laMiriam and James Hamilton; his soJonathan Held; his daughter and son-inlaw Linda and William Hazlett; his gransons Jeremy Russell and Randy Hazlehis granddaughter Kelly Huerta; and fivgreat-grandchildren.

A memorial service for Dr. Held will bheld Sunday, March 29 at 4 p.m. at thClaremont United Church of Christ, lo

cated at 233 W. Harrison Ave., Claremon

Wilbur C. HeldNoted organist, composer, professor

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POMONA COLLEGE SENIOR RECITAL Flutist Tianrong “Sally”Zhong performs music by Bach, Chopin,Fauré and Prokofiev. Free admission withopen seating. No tickets required. Doorsopen approximately 30 minutes prior to

performance. 8 p.m. 340 N. College Ave.,Claremont. (909) 607-2671.

INNOVATION IN ARTS & CUL-TURE This conference will feature cut-ting-edge models and projects in the artssector in Los Angeles and stimulating

discussion on how Los Angeles arts andcultural organizations are innovating inthe field, transforming theory into prac-tice. The conference is free but registra-tion is required. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. AlbrechtAuditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave.,Claremont. (909) 607-9049.CALIFORNIA NATIVE SAGE FES-TIVALExperience the sights, scents andflavors of California native sages at thissecond annual garden event. Crafts, foodsamples, ethnobotany information, hor-ticultural advice, live music and family-friendly activities will celebrate the

Salvia species. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. RanchoSanta Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. Col-lege Ave., Claremont. (909) 625-8767.MUSIC & DANCE OF BALI JegogBamboo Music with Sekar Jaya. This

Gamelan company of musicians anddancers, based in the San Francisco BayArea, specializes in the performing artsof Bali. Gamelan Jegog is one of themost impressive-sounding ensembles inthe world as it is an orchestra of bamboomarimbas, with keys (tubes) rangingfrom small to gigantic. Founded in 1979,Gamelan Sekar Jaya has performedthroughout California, the US and Baliin venues ranging from New York’sSymphony Space to remote villagesquares in Bali. Free admission withopen seating. No tickets required. 4 p.m.at Lyon Garden, 340 N. College Ave.,Claremont and 8 p.m. at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

(909) 607-2671.PILRIM PLACE CENTENNIALCELEBRATION Celebrating 100 yearsof Pilgrim Place: 1915 to 2015. Thekeynote speaker is Larry Minnix, presi-dent and CEO of LeadingAge. He has

been a passionate advocate for elders for more than 40 years. Entertainment in-cludes internationally renowned jazzartist Courtney Jones and a talentedgroup of musicians will provide musicfor dancing and listening enjoyment. For ages 21 and over. 6 p.m. $75. 4467 PaduaAve., Claremont. (909) 399-5573.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS Eight stu-dent rock bands from Claremont HighSchool and surrounding high schoolswill be performing and competing toraise money for the Claremont High

School Marching and Concert Band.Food and refreshments will be sold. Atthe 500s quad, just west of Indian HillBoulevard and north of the footballfield. For ages 10 and over. 7 to 11 p.m.Admission is $5. Food and drinks will

be sold for $1 to $2. Claremont HighSchool, 1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd.,Claremont. (916) 300-0572.

COMIC BOOK SHOW Browse andshop collectibles, comic books, graphicnovels, original art, prints, action figuresand more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Claremont

Packing House, 532 W. First St., Clare-mont. (951) 235-2990.NANO DAYS NanoDays is a nation-wide festival of educational programsabout nanoscale science and engineering.Join Pomona College students and fac-ulty and experience many of these activ-ities firsthand. Visitors will explore nanofoods, investigate new nano products andmaterials, and imagine what the worldmight look like if we could build an ele-vator to space! This is a free program for all ages. Co-hosted by the Pomona Col-lege Department of Physics and Astron-

omy. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Claremont PublLibrary, 208 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont. (909) 621-4902.

POETRY READING Tess Taylor is thauthor of The Forage House (Red HePress, 2013). She has been the AmClampitt Resident, and has received wriing fellowships from Amherst Collegthe American Antiquarian Society, thHeadlands Center for the Arts, and thMacDowell Colony. Her chapbook, ThMisremembered World, was publishe

by the Poetry Society of America, anher work has appeared in Atlant

Monthly, Boston Review, Harvard Review, Literary Imagination, Times Literary Supplement , Memoriousand The NeYorker . 4 p.m. Harper Hall’s Board o

Trustees Room, 160 E. Tenth St., Claremont. (909) 621-8612.

COFFEE TALK “Estate PlanningFree interactive discussions on a varietof topics of interest. Reservations are required. Joslyn Center, 660 N. MountaiAve., Claremont. (909) 399-5488.

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CITRUS COLLEGE CENTENNIALThe University Club. 11:30 a.m. $13 in-cludes buffet lunch. Hughes CommunityCenter, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.COMPUTER CLUB Windows 10 pre-sented by Don Brown and Duke Leong.Meetings begin at 7:30 p.m., with socialtime at 7 p.m. Newcomers are welcome.Claremont Senior Computer Club.Hughes Community Center, 1700 Dan-

bury Rd., Claremont. (909) 399-5488.ECONOMIC INEQUALITY INAMERICA Topics include “The Land-scape of Poverty Across the US: Place, Race& Measurement Matter,” “ Latino Povertyin Historical Perspective,” “The SustainingDisorder of Predatory Capitalism in ‘In-dian Country’” and “An African-Ameri-can Perspective of the New EconomicPlaying Field.” There will be ample timefor questions, answers and discussion. 7to 9:30 p.m. Rose Hills Theater, 170 E.Sixth St., Claremont. (909) 621-8274.

WHAT IS COLLEGE FOR? WilliamDeresiewicz, the author of ExcellentSheep: The Miseducation of the Amer-ican Elite and the Way to a Meaning-ful Life and 2015 Mary Routt Chair of Writing at Scripps, shares his observa-tions about education. What is the mean-ing of words like “leadership” and“service?” What are the liberal arts, andwhat are they supposed to do for you?What does it mean to learn how to think?What are you supposed to think about,and why? This event is co-sponsored bythe Scripps College Core Curriculum inInterdisciplinary Humanities and theMary Routt Chair of Writing. 4:15 p.m.

Humanities Auditorium, 1030 ColumbiaAve., Claremont. (909) 621-8326.

POMONA COLLEGE STUDENTRECITAL Students perform selections

they’ve worked on during the semester with their private teachers and coaches.Free admission with open seating, no tick-ets. Doors open approximately 30 minutes

prior to performance. 8:15 p.m. LymanHall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.(909) 607-2671.

REMBRANDT CLUB LECTURE &TEA Master food preserver Liisa Pri-mack presents “Food Preservation asArt and an Artform.” Tea follows atSeaver House. 1:30 to 3 p.m. LymanHall, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont.

For more information, call (909) 267-9936 or email [email protected].

JANE AUSTEN MATTERS How didJane Austen become an icon? In this talk,

Devoney Looser will look at her image andreputation in the late 19th and 20th cen-turies, to grasp the significance of her celebrity today. 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Crookshank Hall, 140 E. Sixth St., Clare-mont. (909) 607-2212.ART AFTER HOURS A variety of pro-gramming including live music concerts co-sponsored by KSPC 88.7 FM, lectures,

panels, workshops, tours, film screeningsand performances are held in conjunctionwith museum exhibitions and in partnershipwith student and academic groups acrossthe campuses. 5 to 11 p.m. Pomona CollegeMuseum of Art, 330 N. College Ave.,Claremont. (909) 621-8283.REMAKING OF COLLEGE 19th an-

nual Sally Loyd Casanova DistinguishedAlumni Lecture: “Is Higher Education a

Marketplace? Observation on the Remaing of College.” Lecture by Christopher NOberg. In describing the waves of chanand addressing a new research agenda fthe higher education enterprise, Dr. Obewill tackle fundamental questions such aWhy does college cost so much and whis quality education, anyway? 7 to 9 p.mAlbrecht Auditorium, 925 N. DartmouAve., Claremont. (909) 621-8075.SCRIPPS STUDENT RECITAL Peformances by students of the Scrippmusic department. 7:30 p.m. BoonRecital Hall, 241 E. Tenth St., Claremon(909) 607-3266.

ART WALK Visit Claremont art galeries in the Village between 6 and 9 p.mfor artist receptions.FILM SCREENING Featuring directand Pitzer alum Ben Cotner. The CaAgainst 8, a behind-the-scenes look iside the historic case to overturn Califonia’s ban on same-sex marriage. Winnof Sundance Film Festivals, Direct

Award for US Documentary. Complmentary appetizers and beverages will bserved. Free and open to the public. 7:3

p.m. at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditrium, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremon(909) 607-8183.

POW WOW The Pomona CollegPowWow welcomes Native Americadancers and drummer to campus fordaylong celebration, plus a drummincompetition. Free and open to the publi10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Smith Campus Cent

on the South Lawn. 333 N College WaClaremont.

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April

Wednesday 1

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerThere’s no better sign it’s springtime than seeing this giant batch of bougainvilleahover over the road on the way up to Padua Hills in Claremont. This week will sneakover the 90-degree mark on Friday. Normal temperatures in the mid-80s will follow forthe weekend. Spring and summer have arrived together in Claremont.


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A

new show called Along TheTrail: Weavings & Diversions

by Jan Wheatcroft is on view atBunny Gunner Gallery, located at 254 W.Bonita Ave. in Claremont.

There will be an opening reception, featuring re-freshments and a chance to meet the artist, tonight,Friday, March 27, from 6 to 9 p.m.

The exhibit features collages as well as tapestry

weavings with subjects like tribal women, cats andgoats. In honor of the gallery’s monniker and justin time for Easter, Ms. Wheatcroft has also createdsix rabbits made from shrunken sweaters. Alsoadding whimsy are her “wheelies,” metal assem- blages on wheels and featuring antique metal toys.

“The trail is two parts, actual travels that I’vedone and the trail of my fantasies in my head,” shesaid of her show’s name.

As anyone who follows Ms. Wheatcroft’s regular “Travel Tales” column in the COURIER knows,

she is quite the globetrotter. She grew up iArkansas where her family raised goats, and livefor a time on the Greek island of Samos. Her travels have taken her throughout southeast Asia, Central America and to all parts of Europe.

The show will remain on view through April 28To learn more about Ms. Wheatcroft’s art anevents, visit her on Facebook at Persimmon GoDesigns.

See next week’s edition of the COURIER for full listing of galleries participating in the Claremont Art Walk on Friday, April 3 from 6 to 9 p.mArtist receptions will be held at various locationincluding Bunny Gunner Gallery.

Bunny Gunner show invites gueststo trail along on artist’s journey

A tapestry weaving by Jan Wheatroft on display aBunny Gunner Gallery in the Claremont Village.


17/28


EUREKA CLAREMONT: 580 W.First St., Claremont. Open from 11 a.m.to midnight Sunday through Thursday;

closes at 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.“Hoppy” Hour daily from 2 to 6 p.m.(909) 445-8875. —Mondays: Local Mondays featuring$3 Dale Bros. Brewery pints. —Tuesdays:50 percent off all wines bythe glass. —Wednesdays: Steal-the-Glass craft beer of the week. Meet the brewer firstWednesday of every month. —Thursdays:All Tito’s Vodka drinks $2off and Eureka Thursday Night Music.THE FOLK MUSIC CENTER : 220Yale Ave., Claremont Village.

—Open mic night, the last Sunday of every month. Sign-up begins at 6 p.m.;

performances run from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Admission is $1. (909) 624-2928 or folkmusiccenter.com.FLAPPERS COMEDY: 540 W. FirstSt., Claremont Packing House. 18 andover. Show times: Friday at 8 and 10

p.m., Saturday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. and

Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets can be pur-chased online or at the door. —Friday, March 27: Matt Kirshenfrom Comedy Central. 8 and 10 p.m. —Saturday, March 28: Matt Kirshenfrom Comedy Central. 7 and 9:30 p.m. —Sunday, March 29: Claremont Com-edy Contest. 7 p.m. and Silly SundaysOpen Mic. at 9 p.m. —Thursday, April 2: “First Timer Fun-nies” with Rick Mitchell. 8 p.m. —Friday, April 3: Alex Ortiz fromComedy Central. 8 and 10 p.m. —Saturday, April 4: Alex Ortiz fromComedy Central.. 7 and 9:30 p.m. —Sunday, April 5: Two Milk Mini-

mum at 4:30 p.m., Claremont Comedy

Contest at 7 p.m. and Silly SundaysOpen Mic. at 9 p.m.FOX THEATER POMONA: 301 S.Garey Ave., Pomona. foxpomona.com. —Wednesday, April 15: Ratatat. —Thursday, April 16: Belle & Sebastian.THE PRESS RESTAURANT: 129Harvard Ave., Claremont Village. Thurs-day through Saturday until 2 a.m. LiveDJ every Thursday at 11 p.m. 21 and over after 9 p.m. Standing room only after 9:30 p.m. No cover. (909) 625-4808. —Friday, March 27: Trevor Green(one-man ensemble). 10 p.m. —Saturday, March 28: MidnightStreets of Chino (electro/alternative)and Night Control (old school alterna-tive rock). 10 p.m. —Sunday, March 29: Sunday Pianowith Angela Parrish followed by PressKaraoke with Katie at 9:30 p.m. —Tuesday, March 31: King Trivia

Night. 9 p.m.

—Wednesday, April 1: Joe Atma(piano/ballads). 9:30 p.m. —Thursday, April 2: Baldy MountaiJazz Band (jazz). 8:30 p.m. —Friday, April 3: Jonny Come Latel(Latino/soul). 10 p.m. —Saturday, April 4: Future ForcRecords Night. 10 p.m.PIANO PIANO: 555 W. FoothiBlvd., Claremont. Live dueling pianshow times: Wednesday and Thursday9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday8 p.m. to 1 a.m. 21 and over. $5 covecharge on Fridays and Saturdays afte8 p.m. (no cover charge with studenID). (909) 547-4266. —Tuesdays: Taco Tuesday with $tacos, $2 Coronas and $3 margaritaRock the mic or jam with the band.

— Wednesdays: “Rockstar KaraokeRock the mic or jam with the band. $Bud Lights and $4 Vodka Rockstar

9 p.m.

NIGHTLIFE

COURIER CROSSWORDAcross

1. Dry riverbed

5. Jamba _____

10. Tight

14. Cognizant

15. It could end in nito

16. A trick

17. Brass component

18. Fetch

19. Constellation animal

20. Jet engine

22. Old autocrat

23. Feudal lord

24. Hood's gun

25. Eminem, for one

28. Give the cold shoulder

30. Spanish hero, with El33. Utopian

34. Elton John or Paul McCartney

35. Comme-ci comme-ca

36. Under-the-table diversion

39. Aussie pioneer

41. Sea bird

42. "___ to Joy"

44. Macho dude

45. Lo-__ graphics

46. Tiny power unit

47. Comfort

48. Free market economy country

49. Some kind of a nut

51. Arctic native

53. CHS jr soccer player Jack ____

55. Paltry

56. Shady spot

57. Over again

60. Anti, Dogpatch style

61. Smart one62. Goo

63. Sondheim's "Sweeney ___"

64. Deer

65. Word with cutting or leading

Down

1. 1978 musical

2. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase

3. Forbidding custom or rule

4. Incriminate

5. Horse that refuses a jump

6. Strip equipment

7. Snowy road dilemma

8. Traffic ___

9. ___ foo young

10. Rich kid's money source?

11. Mystique

12. What Gorbachev reorganized

13. Afternoon fare

21. Cambodian currency22. Restaurant bill

24. Teacher

25. More abundant

26. Fancy

27. Lowly workers

29. Pen part

30. Pause

31. Composer Albéniz

32. "Death, Be Not Proud" poet

35. Con of a sort

37. Scintilla

38. Former capital of Japan

40. Wearing foot gear

43. Build an arbor around

46. Biblical boa

47. They have big bills

48. Turn over

50. Bumper sticker word

51. Danish toy company

52. Desertlike

53. ___ nut54. "National Velvet" author Bagno

55. Doorstep item

56. "What nonsense!"

58. Physics unit

Crossword by MylesMellor. Puzzle #308

Answers to last week’s puzzle #307

RESTAURANT ROW

To be included in Restaurant Row call Mary today: (909) 621-4761


18/28

After losing the firstgame on Tuesday,Claremont High

School Varsity VolleyballCoach Bernie Wendling toldhis team to toughen up andstart focusing on the game. Itseemed to work, as the Wolf-pack rallied to defeat visitingGlendale High 3-2 in an excit-ing Pacific League match.

From the start, Glendale came outswinging and forced Claremont to playcatch-up, with the Nitros doing a better

job of putting plays to-gether with superiorcommunication. ThePack was moving a bit slower than inyears past and had a tough time han-

dling what should have been easy shots,giving Glendale the victory at 25-20.However, the momentum shifted in

Claremont’s favor in the next twogames, led by senior outside hitterTrung Tran-Sampson, who had numer-ous serving aces as well as crushingkills. The Pack easily put aside the Ni-tros in game two, 25-15, and then fol-lowed up with another decisive victoryin the third game, 25-16.

Game four was perhaps the toughestof the night and the lead swung backand forth until the very end. Tied at 17,Glendale got four unanswered pointsand held on until game point at 24-19.But the Pack would not be put away,

getting the next three points and look-ing like they could pull off a surprisewin. The rally ended, however, whenTran-Sampson’s serve went long, giv-

ing Glendale the win at 25-22.The excitement continued into the

15-point tiebreaker, with both teamslooking like they were destined to win

as the momentum shifted with thescore. For CHS, the game underscoredthe work needed to improve their over-all serving. Four times in a row Clare-

mont got convincing kills from Tran-Sampson and Gideon Yabaki, only togive away a point each time with badserves.

But Tran-Sampson would not bestopped and with one last blisteringshot up the middle, the Pack won 15-11.

“We will take the win. It wasn’tpretty but they don’t give style points iour game,” Coach Wendling said afterthe game. “We made way too many unforced errors. We have to learn to servbetter in a clutch, and we are hitting th

ball hard but it’s going all over thecourt.”Much of what makes high school

sports so tough is that star players areconstantly graduating. For the Pack,their past dominance in boys volleybais now only in the record books. CoacWendling only has two players withvarsity experience, meaning some er-rors can be attributed to nerves.

“A month ago, half of these guys hanot played volleyball before. So amonth from now, we’ll see,” he said.

Looking at the season ahead, CoachWendling is positive but resigned that may not be easy.

“For us, our challenge is to make th

playoffs. We understand we are nolonger the elite team of the PacificLeague, which is hard, given that wehave that big banner up there that sayswe’ve won a lot. We are going to haveto fight a lot, but it is in us.”

Player of the game honors have to gto Tran-Sampson, who had an excellenoverall game.

“I just wanted to hit the ball reallyhard,” he said immediately after thegame. “I think [this season] is going tobe fun. We still have a lot of work todo, but I think it can be really good.”

The victory brings the boys’ recordto 2-4 overall and 1-1 in league.

—Steven [email protected]

TRACK AND FIELD

Claremont High School track andfield dominated the small school divi-sion at the Chet Nicholson Relays lastSaturday at Norco High School. Bothgirls and boys teams had numerous

first- place finishes and both won themeet.

The girls took first place in the 400shuttle hurdle relay, 400 relay, 1600relay (8x200), 1600 sprint medley relayand 4000 distance medley relay. In ad-dition, the girls A and B teams took firstand second in the 3200 relay, as well asfirst and third in the 1600 relay. Theytook home second-place ribbons for the400 relay and the 800 relay.

In field events, there was a five-waytie for first in the high jump includingthree Claremont athletes—Abby Holt,Lyling Irwin and Natalie Nguyen. Irwinalso took second in the pole vault.

The boys team took first in the 1600

relay, 1600 sprint relay, 3200 relay,6400 relay and 4000 distance medley

relay. They took second in the 440 shut-tle hurdles by half a second and also gotsecond in the 800 relay. Special recog-nition goes to Jeremy Dvorak for win-ning the one-mile run.

Donovan Robinson had a very goodday in field events, taking second placein the high jump and third in the long

jump. He also placed well in pole vaultand triple jump.

This is one of the oldest relay meetsin southern California, being the 40thmeet.

SWIMMING

The Claremont High School girls andboys swim teams lost their meet againstAyala Wednesday in Chino Hills. Thefinal team scores were 120-50 for thegirls and 109-61 for the boys. The var-sity team as a whole struggled, evenwith some strong individual perform-ances.

For the girls, junior Sam Duran

swam the 100 butterfly in 59.52 and the500 freestyle in 5:21.45 individually as

well as the 200 medley relay and 400freestyle relay. Freshman Mark Jare-ankitja swam the 100 backstroke in59.07, the 200 freestyle in 2:03.66, the200 medley relay and the 200 freestylerelay. Ben Eagleton also put up someimpressive swims in the 200 medleyrelay, the 50 freestyle in 23.28, the 100freestyle in 52.77 and the 200 freestylerelay.

SOFTBALL

Girls softball didn’t play this weekand the next scheduled game is April 7.The Pack did take third place in theCharter Oak tournament wining threeout of four games.

GOLF

Varsity golf lost a very close match,223-234, against South Hills High atSouth Hills Country Club. Top scorescame from Jonathan Yoo at 38, Andrew

Im and Paul Yu at 45, Kyle Cohen at 51and Matt Stanford at 55.

The junior varsity team defeatedSouth Hills 250-302, with SpencerSharp shooting a 47.

BASEBALL

Claremont baseball lost two gamesthis week including their season opene

away game against South Hill last Fri-day. In a pitcher’s duel, Claremont gavup two hits and one run but only got asingle hit and lost 1-0.

On Tuesday, there was more hittingbut unfortunately no better result for thPack as they lost to Glendora 8-4.Glendora got on the board first withtwo runs in the second, but Claremontanswered in the third with three. Glendora scored again in the third and fifthinnings, but really put the game awaywith four big runs in the sixth. Clare-mont answered with one run in the seventh but it was too little too late.

The boys are now 4-4 overall, 0-2 inleague.

—Steven [email protected]


CHS ROUND-UP

SPORTS

SPORTING

LIFE

CHS boys get marathon win in volleyball competition

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffThe Wolfpack’s Gideon Yabaki and Quincy Hailes team up to block a shot fromGlendale on Wednesday during the Pack’s Pacific conference victory, 3-2, over thevisiting Nitros.


19/28

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